Universal Forest Products, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the supply of wood, wood composite and other products to the retail, construction, and industrial markets. It operates through the following segments: North, South, West, Alternative Materials, International, Corporate, and All Other. Its services invovles the design, manufacture, and market of wood and wood-alternative products for national home centers and other retailers, structural lumber, and other products for the manufactured housing industry, engineered wood components for residential and commercial construction, and specialty wood packaging, components and packing materials for various industries. The company Products was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI.